Racecards
16:00 Leicester
leicester-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Chase (Class E )
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Heavy (Chase: Good to Soft, Soft in places)
- Form 26-P3F1
- Age 6
- Weight 12-1
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
not fluent and tended to jump left, behind, reminded after 3rd and 5th, effort when hit 4 out, soon ridden and weakened
- Form 23P-53P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer S E H Sherwood
- Jockey J Tizzard
chased leaders, blundered and lost place 7th, headway approaching 3 out, weakened before 2 out
- Form 5U11P5
- Age 10
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
held up in touch, headway 4th, one pace from 3 out, no impression on leaders from 2 out
- Form 2414P5
- Age 10
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer J R Cornwall
- Jockey M Nicolls
held up, headway 5th, chased leaders 6th until after 4 out, mistake 3 out, soon no impression
- Form 5P-3F3P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey A Thornton
led to 3rd, led again approaching 6th, headed 3 out, regained lead approaching 2 out, stayed on well
- Form 5/4PP4P-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey T Doyle
prominent, led 3rd to approaching 6th, weakened after 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
Hatsnall
7- Form 300P63
- Age 7
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer Miss C J E Caroe
- Jockey M Bradburne
held up, headway 8th, led 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, soon ridden, no extra flat
- Form 652240
- Age 7
- Weight 10-3
- Official Rating 76
prominent, blundered 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 026232
- Age 9
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 74
held up and keen, mistake, stumbled and unseated rider 7th
In depth
Verdict
This is a competitive contest where you cannot be too dogmatic about the outcome. Parish Oak has been running consistently and is hard to rule out of calculations but his jumping wasn¿t fluent last time and he is passed over. Richard Guest has got his string in fine form and his York Rite has been knocking on the door recently. His second tom Figaro du Rocher was made to look even better when that won a decent contest next time, and receiving weight all-round he will have his supporters here. However, Its Music, a stablemate of Figaro du Rocher, can take this for the Martin Pipe-Timmy Murphy combination. He was a comfortable winner last time despite a mistake at the third from home, and Pipe clearly has a good yardstick on York Rite through Figaro du Rocher and a seven pound penalty may not deny Its Music here.